Solve 8/7*3/6=

$$\frac { 8 } { 7 } \times \frac { 3 } { 6 } =$$

Evaluate

$$\frac{4}{7}\approx 0.571428571$$

Solution Steps

Reduce the fraction \frac{3}{6} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 3.

$$\frac{8}{7}\times \frac{1}{2}$$

Multiply \frac{8}{7} times \frac{1}{2} by multiplying numerator times numerator and denominator times denominator.

$$\frac{8\times 1}{7\times 2}$$

Do the multiplications in the fraction \frac{8\times 1}{7\times 2}.

$$\frac{8}{14}$$

Reduce the fraction \frac{8}{14} to lowest terms by extracting and canceling out 2.

$$\frac{4}{7}$$

Factor

$$\frac{2 ^ {2}}{7} = 0.5714285714285714$$